The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-12-28
Windsor County.


VERY pleasant Christmas exercises were
held at all our churches. Among the
choice fruits gathered from the Christmas
tree at the Congregational church on Satur-
day was lady's nice gold watch, which fell to
the lot of Sylvia Whitaker, the tree having
been shaken by Mr.. and Mrs. George Hatch
- The subject Of the sermon by Rev
John Kimball at the Universaist church
next Sunday morning will be Getting a
Good Start" - AT the annual meeting
of Daniel Lille Post, No. 81, held at their
hall on Saturday evening last, the following
officers We're elected for the ensuing year
T. a. Chadwick, post commander; NJ. n.
Kendall, senior ViCe-Commander; Myron f.
Savage, Junior Vice-conmander; y. u.
Vim, quartermaster; Wallace II. Ballou,
adjutant; H. &. Ballou, surgeon: James S.
Freelan, chaplain e. S. Parker, officer Of
the day; Daniel Stoddard, officer of the
guard G. p. Coy, sergeant-major; William
Magivney, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Wallace
III. Ballou, delegate to department encamp-
ment; Frank Bullard alternate. The in
Stallation of the otfcers-eleCt will be public
and will occur on the evening of Thursday,
January 18th. Department Commander
Pearl ID. Blodgett, MISUNDERSTANDING
Fuller, General Stephen Thomas and other
prominent citizens Of the state will be
present and assist in the installation serv-
ices and the kindling of the campfire fol-
lowing. Everybody is invited and all mem
bers of the Grand Army posts in the imme-
date vicinity are expected. - NJ.
Wilson was home from Burlington College
to spend Christmas. - S. G. Cady and
wife spent Christmas with his sister, Mrs
A. Wilmot in Northield. - Fred Gay
and wife of Rutland have been visiting
relatives and friends in this village -
About forty couples attended the dance at
the Bascom House on Friday evening of last
week. 80 DIR. e. A. Burnett and wife of
Swanton visited his father, Myron Burnett,
in this place over Sunday.
East Bethel.
Mrs. HELEN NJ. WEEKS, who came to
live with her son six weeks ago, died Christ
mas eve of consumption. Her remains
were taken to her old home in Derby for
interment, Four of her children were with
her during the last few weeks. Irene and
Alice had tenderly and lovingly cared for
her and took mournful pleasure in per-
forming the last sad work with their own
hands. - Christmas was observed at
the lower church Christmas eve. Rev. o.
j. Taylor opened the exercises with appro-
pirate remarks and prayer. Two heavily
loaded trees and Santa Claus coming down
the chimney and filling stockings for the
little ones We're not the only interesting
features of the evening. Singing, recita-
lions and tableaux by the children were ex-
tremely well rendered.
Rochester.
INSPECTOR TOWNSEND of the post-offce de-
partment was in town last week Thursday
He says the postmaster must collect box
rent after January LIST. - The Methodist
society are putting the windows into their
church, which they have been repairing the
past season, making it the handsomest
church editice in town. - School dis
tricts Nos. . and Is have organized club
to be known as the Rochester East Hill
Farmers Club" and are to hold weekly
meetings as the school-houses. - Hiram
II. Martin, who recently buried his wife
and three children in Iowa, arrived in town
last week to spend the winter with his
brother and friends.